＜概要/Course Content Summary＞
This course provides students with an introduction to current issues associated with the Japanese labor market through a discussion of theories of labor economics and current industry-labor related issues that provide concrete examples of these theories. We will focus on the most important current Japanese economic and business-related issues as these affect industry & labor in Japan now.
＜到達目標/Goals,Aims＞
The objectives of this course are to allow students to get a good basic understanding of how Japanese labor and business functions both domestically and in context of world economic exchange. Accordingly, each topic discussed will be examined in terms of how
it applies specifically to the Japanese social-economic environment, and how this plays out in the international-global economic context.
＜授業計画/Schedule＞
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Contents）
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Assignments）
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（実施回/ Week）
Week 1
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（内容/ Contents）
Introduction
Topic: Introduction, course description,
basic economic theories & terminology
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Gordon, pp.4-11 & 174-194
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Week 2
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Postwar Histor
Topic: History of Japanese Labor & Industry post 1945, including the American Occupation Period, rise of Japanese domestic production
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Koshiro, pp.183-201
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Week 3
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Bubble Economics & Aftereffects
Topic: Growth of “Bubble Economy” & subsequent deflationary effects in Japanese labor-industry context
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Rebick, pp.140-169
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Week 4
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The Labor Market: Youth & Immigration
Topic: Stratification of the Labor Market: Aging population, Youth & Women Workers, Foreign labor in Japan
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Shirahase, pp.76-97
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Week 5
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Young, Japanese, & Not in Education,
Employment or Training
Topic: Japan’s Experience with the NEET Phenomenon
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Fu, pp.17-39, 97-119
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Week 6
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An Emerging Non-Regular Labor Force in Japan
Topic: Part-time & Dispatched Labor: Haken in the Gap-Widening Society & The Search for Meaningful Work
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: preparation for class presentation
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Week 7
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Student Presentations
Topic: discussions & critique of student presentations
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: preparation for class presentations
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Week 8
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（内容/ Contents）
Student Presentations
Topic: discussions & critique of student presentations
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Schoppa, pp.150-182
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Week 9
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Integration of Women into the Workforce
Topic: Political-economic revitalization
through promotion of women’s social-economic participation
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Ishida & Slater, pp.137-169
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Week 10
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Week 10 The New Working Class of Urban Japan
Topic: Socialization and Contradiction from
middle school to the labor market
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Gill, in Eades, Gill & Befu,
pp.123-142
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Week 11
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Yoseba & Ninpudashi
Topic: Changing Patterns of Employment on
the Fringes of the Japanese Economy
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Haghirian, pp.246-263
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Week 12
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Entrepreneurship in Japan
Topic: Industry, Labor, Government support
for development of Entrepreneurs in Japan
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: Haghirian,pp .300-324
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Week 13
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The Japanese Firm as an Intercultural Workplace
Topic: Foreign employees, students, interns & “guest workers” in Japan
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Assignment: preparation for final presentation
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Week 14
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Presentations of Final Reports
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Online presentations of Final Reports
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Week 15
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Presentations of Final Reports
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（授業時間外の学習/ Assignments）
Online presentations of Final Reoports/
submission of Final Research Report
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Course Requirements and Assignments
a) Attendance, Readings, Participation:
You are required to submit at least 80% of summaries of weekly readings. You are responsible for completing all text readings and supplementary readings for the day they are assigned
b) Presentations:
You have the option to give one mid-tern & one final presentation on an issue discussed in class. You will send the manuscript of this presentation and all references used to me via Duet
c) Mid-Term/Final Report:
You have the option of doing a research report in lieu of the presentation and submitting this via Duet. These reports should be 3-5 pages in length & must include at least 5 reference sources. Details of requirements for this will be discussed in class.
d) Plagiarism and cheating: Doshisha University does not tolerate plagiarism, cheating, or helping others to cheat. Such actions will result in an automatic “F” (Failure) in the course. Plagiarism is defined as misrepresenting the work of others (whether published or not) as your own. It may be inadvertent or intentional. All facts, statistics, quotations, or paraphrasing of any information that is not common knowledge should be cited. For information on paper writing, including how to avoid plagiarism and how to use citations, there are many resources to help you in the library. Please consult the librarian for help.
＜成績評価基準/Evaluation Criteria＞
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Attendance & Active Participation
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40%
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evaluated via regular submission of weekly reading summaries on Duet
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Midterm Presentations/ Independant Research Report
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30%
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either done as 1)presentations online using Zoom with submission of presentation manuscript and research sources, or 2)submitted as an independant research report on Duet
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Final Presentation or Research Report
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30%
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either done as 1)online presentation using Zoom with submission of presentation manuscript and research sources, or 2)research report only submitted on Duet
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＜テキスト/Textbook＞
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Eades, J.S., Gill, Tom, & Befu, Harumi (Eds.)
, Globalization & Social Change in Contemporary Japan
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(Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press, 2005)
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Fu, Huiyan
, An Emerging Non-Regular Labor Force in Japan
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(London: Routledge, 2012)
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Gordon, Andrew
, The Wages of Affluence
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Labor & Management in Postwar Japan
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(Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998)
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Haghirian, Parissa (Ed.)
, J-Management
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Fresh Perspectives on the JapaneseFirm in the 21st Century
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(New York: iUniverse, 2009)
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Ishida, Hiroki & Slater, David H. (Eds.)
, Social Class in Contemporary Japan
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Structures, Sorting and Strategies
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(London: Routledge, 2010)
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Koshiro, K.
, A Fifty-Year History of Industry & Labor in Postwar Japan
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(Tokyo: University Press, 2000)
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Shirahase, Sawako (Ed.)
, Demographic Change & Inequality in Japan
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(Melbourne: Trans Pacific Press , 2011)
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Rathus, Joel
, Japan, China & Networked Regionalism in East Asia
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(New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011)
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Rebick, Marcus
, The Japanese Employment System
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Adapting to a New Economic Environment
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(Oxford: Oxford University Press , 2005)
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Schoppa, Leonard J.
, Race for the Exits
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The Unraveling Japan’s System of Social Protection
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(Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2006)
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Prints will be distributed each week for reading assignments from the above texts, supplemented by relevant currents news article readings.
＜参考文献/Reference Book＞
＜備考/Remarks＞
INSTRUCTOR: Diane Haring
EMAIL: sk112733@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Note: this syllabus is subject to changes and / or revisions
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